Wagon-body



(No Model.)

. J. RYDER.

Wagon Body.

Patented April 5,1881.

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JOHN RYDER, OF JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 239,673, dated April 5,1881.

Application filed July 24, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN RYDER, of Jefferson,county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Wagon-Bodies, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the ac companying drawings, illustrating myimprovements, and forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 isa perspective representation of a wagon-body embodyingmy'improvements; Fig. 2, a partial transverse section taken on dottedline m, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a partial sectional elevation taken on line y,Fig. 1; Fig. 4, an inside perspective view of the front corner-ironremoved from the box; Fig. 5, an inside view of the iron batten removedfrom the box. Fig. 6 is the device for fastening the front corner to thebox. Figs. 7 and 8 show the seat attachments. Figs. 9 and 10 show thetops of the rear corner-irons.

The object of the present invention is to construct lighter and strongerwagon-bodies andprovide better means for attaching the seats to thebodies.

The nature of the invention consists in the form of the rearcorner-irons and braces, and the manner in which they are connectedtogether and secured to the box, whereby lightness and durability areattained; an d, further, in the novel form of seat-irons, whereby theseat is locked to the body, except it be raised up at the back andturned over to the front;

also, in the novel form of the front cornerirons and connectinglug-bolts for securing their top ends to the body, as the whole ishereinafter fully described and shown.

A represents the bottom, B B the sides, 0 the tail-board, and D thefront board, of the body of a wagon constructed, in part, with myimprovements, as follows:

The sides B are made of thin boards, as is customary, and secured to thetop rail, B, and bed-rail 'v by screws, in the ordinary manner of suchwork, the said rails being mortised into the ordinary corner-posts.

L L are the horizontal ribs, which are at their outer ends secured tothe corner-posts of the body in the ordinary manner. Their inner ends,as are also both endsof the ribs L L L L, are secured by the verticalribs 0 O O, which are provided with V-shaped notches w a", Figs. 2, 3,and 5, to receive them, Fig. 5 being an inside view of the iron rib. Theends of the ribs 0 are provided with bolts Z Z, which pass through therails B and 'v of the body, and are secured by nuts, which hold theparts much firmer than when they are made of wood and tenoned together.The ribs 0 are drilled to receive rivets which hold the boards Bsecurely to them.

The rear braces, M, are united, each at Q, in one casting, and terminateeach in a single piece at O, which has a lateral wing, T, lapping ontothe rear corner-plate, B. (See the inside view of the parts at Fig. 9and top view at Fig. 10.) Bolts are put through these lapping parts andthrough the body, whereby a very strong connection is formed.

On the connecting parts Q of the braces M there are formed bolts N,which pass through the rear bearers, w, of the body, and are secured bynuts. 4

The corner-iron R is longer than the braces M by the thickness to thebot-tom A, and fastens to the bed-rail e by a bolt, S, cast solid to it,and by bolt to b, putthroughtlanges P P, projecting out from the ironplate It. It is also secured to the bearer w, bottom board, A, andbed-rail o. By this, means the bearer w is strongly united by a smallamount of metal, and in such a manner as to give a neat appearance tothe body.

The middle brace is of ordinary construction, except its two branchesare connected at the bottom by a bar, from which projects a bolt passingthrough the middle bearer, n.

The seat-irons consist of socket-plates J J, in the forward ones ofwhich are formed notches g, for projections on the engaging ends of theirons I, to lock'into and prevent the seat from tipping back.

, The rear irons, K, enter sockets, so that by lifting the rear side ofthe seat it may be removed from the body. given beyond the partsinvented. They show how the improvement is attached; but I confinemyself to the mechanism claimed.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A description has been 95 bearer w and bottom A, and are secured by bolts 1) a, as specified.

JOHN RYDER.

Witnesses:

A. G. MOREY, G. L. GHAPIN.

